Where does “summist” come from?
summist (English) comes from English sum, from Khmer ស, from Chinese 蘇, from English Sue, from Middle English seuen, from Anglo-Norman suer, from Old French sivre, from Vulgar Latin sequere — to follow; to see; to say.
summist (English): One who sums up or writes a summary, especially a...
Definitions
- One who sums up or writes a summary, especially a...
Ancestry of “summist”, step by step
summist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sum | A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation;... |
| 2 | Khmer | ស | white |
| 3 | Chinese | 蘇 | — |
| 4 | English | Sue | A Mary Sue |
| 5 | Middle English | seuen | — |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | suer | nominative singular of seror; to dry |
| 7 | Old French | sivre | to follow |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | sequere | to follow; second-person singular future active... |
| 9 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |